Tuesday,
April 21st | | |
| 9:00 – 9:30 | Welcome and Opening Remarks | Parent to Parent of Miami and Region B PTAC |
| 9:30 – 10:30 | Opening Keynote: The Evolving Role of Parent Centers in a School Choice Landscape | Chris Tiffany, Encircle Families |
| 10:45 -12:00 | Using CPIR Products to Support Families: An Onboarding Workshop | Michele Tyler, Myriam Alizo |
| 10:45 -12:00 | From Content to Connection: Designing Trainings with a Purpose | Sitara Nayak |
| 10:45 -12:00 | Making $ense of Uniform Guidance | Stephanie Moss, Laura Weber |
| 10:45 -12:00 | Trauma-Informed Communication and Validation | Love Kingsbury
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| 1:30 – 4:30 | Intensive Session 1: Anchored in Purpose: Fund Development as a Leadership Practice for Parent Centers | Michele Williers, PEAK Parent Center |
| 1:30 – 4:30 | Intensive Session 2: Conflict Resolution Tools You Can Use Tomorrow | Tim Hedeen, CADRE |
| 1:30 – 4:30 | Intensive Session 3: Leading Through Change | Sharon Glover, Change by Design |
| 1:30 – 4:30 | Intensive Session 4: From Reflection to Practice: Advancing Your Mission in a School Choice Landscape | Chris Tiffany, Encircle Families |
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| Wednesday, April 22nd | | |
| 9:00 – 10:30 | Follow-up To Fund Development | Michele Williers |
| 9:00 – 10:30 | Transforming Conflict into Opportunity | Tim Hedeen |
| 9:00 – 10:30 | From Burnout to Belonging: Supporting Staff and Families While Navigating Disability-Related Stress | Cara Marie Findlay, Daniel Findlay |
| 9:00 – 10:30 | Strategies to Include Family Voice and Choice in the Behavior Support Plan | Meghan von der Embse, Aniva Lumpkins |
| 10:45 – 12:15 | Transforming Conversations: AI as a Partner in Dispute Resolution |
Joe LaBelle, Soren Richardson |
| 10:45 – 12:15 | From Youth Voice to Youth Leadership: Engaging Young Adults Through Partnership | Everett Deibler, Dawn Monaco, Kian Portales |
| 10:45 – 12:15 | Holding It All Together: Addressing Emothional Labor and Strengthening Resilience in Inclusion Work | Sherri Britt Williams, Sherra Lawrence |
| 10:45 – 12:15 | Small Changes, Big Impact: Partnering with Families to Promote Inclusive STEM | Megan Vinh |
| 1:45 – 3:15 | Anchored in Youth Voice: Building and Sustaining a Tiered Youth Leadership System in Your Parent Center | Aimee Combs, Beth Voll |
| 1:45 – 3:15 | Practical and Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence for Parent Center Leadership | Love Kinsbury, Tammy Burns |
| 1:45 – 3:15 | Elevating Parent Leadership in Special Education | Amy Holbert |
| 1:45 – 3:15 | Networking to Support Military Families: Enhancing Outreach, Service Delivery and Capacity-Building Through Connection | Triahnna Miles |
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| 3:30 – 5:00 | Difficult Conversations Made Easier: A Leadership Approach Using the SBI Model | Tammy Burns, Daryl Lann |
| 3:30 – 5:00 | A Purpose-Driven Framework for Board Members Becoming Ambassadors | Terri Leyton, Laura Weber |
| 3:30 – 5:00 | Twice Tough: Understanding the Unique Needs of Foster, Adoptive and Kinship Families Raising Children with Disabilities | Kelly Henderson, Stacia Stribling, Melissa Lebling, Renee Myers, Rachel Hamilton |
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| Thursday, April 23rd | |
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| 9:00 – 10:30 | Beyond Buy-In: Co-Creating Change with Families, Youth and Staff | Sherri Britt Williams, Sonia Sabater |
| 9:00 – 10:30 | Advocating for the Literacy Needs of Children | Kristin Kane |
| 9:00 – 10:30 | Cards for HumanAT: A Playful Revolution in Inclusive Tech Transformation | Christine Fox |
| 10:30 – 11:30 | Closing Keynote: Empowering the Next Generation of Neurodiverse Self-Advocates | Haley Moss |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | OSEP Project Officers Remarks and Closing | Region B PTAC |